Kilowatt Baseball: Kilowatts cross the boarder

Britton (SD) 5, G.F. 1 “It was a nice little road trip,” said Granite Falls Kilowatt manager Mike Richter after his team returned from a weekend of playing baseball in northeastern South Dakota. “It’s always fun to play teams that you don’t normally play and it was just a great ...

“It was a nice little road trip,” said Granite Falls Kilowatt manager Mike Richter after his team returned from a weekend of playing baseball in northeastern South Dakota. “It’s always fun to play teams that you don’t normally play and it was just a great chance to hang with the guys and get to know everyone a bit better before we start these playoffs.”

While the trip was a success in camradrie building, there was no success in the win/loss column as the Kilowatts came home with two losses. The first came as a 10-0 loss to a veteran Groton (SD) team on Saturday. The next was a 5-1 loss to the Britton Lumberjacks.

Mike has a cousin, B.J. Richter, who leads the Lumberjacks and helped organize the town team boarder battle.

“They’re a fun group of guys,” said Mike of the Britton squad. “Their trying to get baseball going a little stronger up there. So, it was a good time.”

The Kilowatts start playoffs this week with a first round game in Bird Island. There next game will come on Friday, either home or away, depending on wins/losses and seeding.